Are you interested in practical work?
Do you have an eye for colour and like to ensure customer satisfaction?

These NVQs are work-based qualifications that assess the skills and knowledge people in your job need to perform their job role effectively. They are motor industry qualifications that cover activities relating to Body Maintenance Technicians for passenger carrying vehicles.

Successful candidates will demonstrate a broad working knowledge and understanding of health and safety in the workplace and other skills associated with working in garages and maintenance depots.

The qualification to NVQ Level 2 includes the following areas:
Vehicle servicing
Identification, location and rectification of body damage on vehicle body components

The qualification to NVQ Level 3 includes the following areas:
Carrying out scheduled body maintenance
Assessing body damage
Repairing body damage on vehicle body components
Setting out and assembling vehicle body components or parts

Other skills that may be required for these qualifications include:
Identification, location and rectification of electrical faults
Identification, location and rectification of mechanical faults
The routine assembly of vehicle body components or parts
Preparation and treatment of surfaces and application of paint coats to body panels and components
Roadside assistance for broken down vehicles
Driving vehicles for testing and vehicle recovery
Thermal joining
Vehicle inspection

With both qualifications, you will demonstrate your skills and knowledge by collecting evidence of your work. This evidence is usually presented in a portfolio (however your approved centre may use an alternative method). Your assessor will advise you on how to generate, collect and present your evidence. You will also undertake IMI set ‘on-line’ multiple-choice tests.